Having a birthday when you are three years old is soooooooo fun. It's basically the best birthday of their lives so far (mostly because it's the first one they can remember) and it's so full of excitement. Austin heard that his birthday was coming up and talked about it basically every day for at least 3-4 weeks leading up to the birthday. (Including having to endure my birthday on the 15th when it wasn't actually his birthday yet.) He was so excited, so we tried to make it a special week of birthday shenanigans. #peadenbirthdayweek
The best part about organizing a birthday week for a three year old is that they are just so easy to please. I put one paper in each balloon with things like "do something fun" or "eat this special birthday treat {with 3 mike and ikes included}" and he was so excited. Definitely low key - but special enough to help him feel excited and special.
He picked going to the Farm for his "special activity".
We had a little family party with just Lydia, Caleb, Austin, and us (mom&dad) on his actual birthday, then the following day (Sunday) we had an extended family party. We had a little bunt cake on Saturday, but I made this special "Car Track Three" cake for his big birthday.
Sidenote: I took Lydia shopping for a birthday present for Austin and she loved it so much. She kept looking for the perfect thing that he would just love. She picked a little hotwheels car, a candy, and a stick-horse. But then when we went to Walmart to pick up a couple of things for his birthday dinner she saw a marble track and decided that she wanted to do that instead of the stick-horse. I let her buy it and told her that we could talk to Daddy about it and pick which one she wanted to give him most. After much deliberation she decided on the marble track and she gave it to him at our family party on Saturday. But then Sunday morning she asked if she could pleasssse give him the stick-horse too, at "his party today". We are suckers, and we said yes- but I'm so glad that we did because he actually loves both. He plays with his marble track all the day long and frequently plays with his stick-horse. It's just cute - because I wouldn't have picked either of those things, but he really does love them.
Some of the things that we wrote down during our special "Austin FHE" were: Lydia- I love to go swimming with Austin. Caleb- Austin is kind and he makes me happy. Mom- Austin gives the best hugs and he has a great sense of humor. Dad- I love Austin's happy smile when he jumps and runs around.
Happy Birthday Austin-love. You are special to us and we are lucky to have you in our family.
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